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m4.4xlarge

Part of the M4 General Purpose family — Balanced compute, memory, and networking for a wide range of workloads.

Name:mGeneral Purposem = General PurposeBalanced compute, memory, and networking resources for a wide variety of standard enterprise workloads and microservices.44th Generation4 = 4th GenerationAWS 4th generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.4xlarge4 Extra Large4xlarge = 4 Extra Large16 vCPUs • 64 GB RAM • EBS only • High Network
Price (Linux)
$0.8000/ hr
~$584.00/mo
Compute
16vCPUs
8 cores • x86_64
Memory
64GB
4.0 GB / vCPU
Value
$0.0500/ vCPU-hr
$0.0125/GB-hr
Network
High
Baseline: 2 Gbps
Storage & EBS
250MB/s
Max: 16,000 IOPS

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m7i.4xlargeCompare →
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m7g.4xlargeCompare →
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Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads16 vCPUs
Physical Cores8
Clock Speed2.4 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2AVX & AVX2 Supported
Intel Turbo BoostYes
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score251,243
CoreMark / vCPU15,702.7 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding86 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar314,054 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0500
Cost per GB-hr$0.0125

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods234 pods
Max ECS Tasks7 tasks
Max ENIs8
IPv4/v6 per ENI30
Total Addressable IPs240 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationStandard CNI

Networking & Bandwidth

Network PerformanceHigh
Baseline Bandwidth2 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth10 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationEBS only
Local NVMe DiskNone (EBS only)
EBS Baseline Throughput250 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput250 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS16,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS16,000
Dedicated EBS Throughput2000 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemXen Hypervisor
Nitro EnclavesNot Supported
Normalization Factor32
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2015-06-11

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$0.8000/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$1.2720/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$0.9480/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
16regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 16 regions
RegionOn-Demand Price
ap-south-1
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
$0.8400
ap-northeast-3
Asia Pacific (Osaka)
$1.0320
ap-northeast-2
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
$0.9840
ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
$1.0000
ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
$1.0000
ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
$1.0320
us-gov-west-1
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
$1.0080
ca-central-1
Canada (Central)
$0.8880
eu-central-1
EU (Frankfurt)
$0.9600
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
$0.8880
eu-west-2
EU (London)
$0.9280
sa-east-1
South America (Sao Paulo)
Highest
$1.2720
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
Lowest
$0.8000
us-east-2
US East (Ohio)
Lowest
$0.8000
us-west-1
US West (N. California)
$0.9360
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
Lowest
$0.8000